The inquest into the deaths of two men in the 2006 tower crane collapse in London will open today.
05.03.2012
UK based access sales and rental company Platform Sales & Hire has celebrated 10 years in business.
The French crane rental comapny Foselev has added four 70 tonne Tadano Faun cranes to its fleet.
Louisiana based sales and rental company H&E Equipment has posted a strong set of numbers FOR 2011.
04.03.2012
In a recent Death Wish comment a reader mentioned a poem, ‘I could have saved a life today’.
03.03.2012 1
Weldex is erecting one of the main towers for the first cable car crossing over the Thames in London.
02.03.2012
Iron Planet sold more than $50 million of equiment at its first ever Orlando, Florida auction.
A British MP has said the government will make road worthiness tests a legal requirement for cranes.
02.03.2012 3
German crane rental company S&B Schwertrans has taken delivery of a 55 tonne Terex Challenger AT crane.
Several of you sent an unfortunate video of a container handling fork-truck lifting a 45ft container.
01.03.2012 1
Danish loader crane manufacturer HMF has announced the launch of the final production versions of its T-Boom range.
01.03.2012
UK based port operator ABP has taken delivery of a Bronto S36XDT for its port in Southampton.
The latest Kran & Bühne magazine is now online and available to read or download.
The first Isoli MPT 140 compact boom has been delivered to UK dealer Promax Access.
UK based telehandler rental company Fork Rent has selected MCS-rm rental management software.
Two men were injured and one died when a crawler crane’s jib came down onto a roof in Singapore yesterday.
29.02.2012
We can now confirm that aerial lift veteran Mark Thurston and Snorkel aerial lifts have parted company.
We have received confirmation of the memorial arrangements for Alf Sparrow on Monday March 5th.
Lavendon, the UK based international aerial lift rental group has issued its final results for 2011,
Dutch scissor lift manufacturer Holland Lift has provided onsite training for its Turkish distributor Istanbul Vinç.
28.02.2012
A reader from Berlin, Germany sent us an example of poor work practice spotted late last year.
28.02.2012 2
UK based rental company Bella Access has added two 50ft Niftylift HR17N boom lifts to its fleet.
The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), has appointed Phil White as its new chairman.
Lavendon has announced that it has agreed terms to refinance its banking arrangements.
